Overalls



Re. 17,047 I F. o. MAHAN July 24, 1928.

OVERALLS Original Filed June 8, 1925 314m14 0c Frederic 0. Wakwn 3%M272; atheism/1 d Reis ueil July 24, 1928.

FBEDERIC O. MAHAN, F EUGENE, OREGON.

OVERALLS.

Original No. 1,590,843, dated June 29, 1926, Serial No. 35,550, filedJune 8, 1925. Application for reissue filed November 23, 1927. SerialNo. 235,386. I

It is the object of this invention to provide an easily adjusted,inexpensive, and unitary over garment, having supporting members withoutbuttons, buckles or other fastening 6 means.

A further object is to provide a garment of this kind with supportingmembers adapted by reason of their peculiar form, to re main securely inplace on the shoulders of the wearer. This invention also includescertain other novel features of construction by which the garment isrendered cooler and lighter than others of the type known as cover-alls.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the best form of my garment atpresent known to me. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of myimproved garment in place on a wearer andFigure 2 is a perspective viewof the garment; As illustrated, the lower portion of my over-allsconsists of the usual trousers 3. which have a waist band 4 anddownwardly. extending o enings 5 at each side, adapted to be close whenin use, by suitable buttons 6. To support the trousers 3, I provide twosimilar bands7 and 8, each adapted to extend from the front of the waistband 4 over a shoulder of the wearer and then down at the back to theband 4. Each supporting member or band has two substantially triangularportions which are permanently secured at front and back bases 9 and 10respectively to the trousers 3. The bases of the triangular portions ofthe members 7 and 8 overlap and extend substantially across the garmentat both the front of the band 4 and at the back thereof. One lateraledge of each supporting member thus ex- .tends from above one hip of thewearer across the opposite shoulder and then returns to a point abovethe same hip at the back of the garment, the result being that themembers 7 and 8 each support the trousers from hip to hip both in frontand behind. The neck opening formed by thesuporting members is V-shapedat the front and back of the garment and large openings are allowed forthe free movement of the arms at the sides. All fastenings, with theexception of the buttons 6, are permanent.

To put the garment on, it is only necessary to separate the members 7and 8 at their upper extremities, and to step into the trousers 3. Nowsaid members 7 and 8' are drawn up over the shoulders while insertingthe arms into the openings at the sides. As will be readily understood,my improved garment has no tendency to fall off of the shoulders of thewearer, even when one shoulder is elevated above the level of the other,as is the case when reaching upward with one arm. Itwill also be evidentthat by reason of the large neck opening and openings at the sidesfor'the arms, the garment is rendered unusually cool and light, and theonly adjustment required in donning and removing the over-alls is at thehips. While I have illustrated and described my garment supportsattached to trousers, it is obvious that they may be used with a skirt,and such use is within the scope of my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire-to protectby Letters Patent is: a

1. In a sleeveless overall, the combination with a leg covering memberhaving a waist line opening adjacent to each hip, of su porting membersadapted to extend over t e shoulders of the wearer and havingsubstantially triangular front and rear portionsseverally free at theirside edges, the bases of said portions overlapping and extendingsubstantially from one of said openings to the other.

2. In a sleeveless overall, the combination with a leg covering memberhaving a waist line opening adjacent to each hip, of supporting membersadapted to extend over the shoulders of the wearer and havingsubstantially triangular inner and outer portions severally free attheir side edges, the bases of said portions overlapping and each baseextending substantially from one of said openings to the other.

- 3. In a sleeveless overall, the combination with a leg covering memberhaving a waist line opening adjacent to each hip, of two supportingmembers adapted to extend over opposite shoulders of the wearer and eachof said members having a substantially triani gular portion free at itsside edges, the bases of said portions overlapping and each baseextending substantially from one of said openings to the other.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification.

FREDERIC o. MAHAN.

